Crude-oil burner.



1. A.y HUDGENS. CRUDE OIL BURNER. AFPLICATIUN FILED FEB. 14| 19H.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

A gip n INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY strana JOHN ALBERT HUDGENS, OF PINELANE, TEXAS.

yCBfUIDE--Olla BURNER.

Application filed February M, 1917.

To all /vohom t may concern:

Be it known that' l, JOHN GENS, a citizen of the United ing at Pineland, in the county ot' Sabine and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Crude-Oil Burners, ot which the following is a specilication.

This invention is an improved burner Jr'or use especially in the lire-box of a cook stove or heating stove or the like tor cooking and heating purposes, and especially adapted for vaporizing and burning liquid fuel of low grade such as crude oil, the object of the invention being to provide an im proved burner of this class which is eX- tremely cheap and simple in construction,

ALBERT HUD- States, residwhich is strong and durable,v which is not?! likely to get out of order7 which requires very little attention. is sate Jfrom danger of explosion or the like and which enables crude oil to'be used for heating and cooking purposes.

The invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a crude oil burner constructed and arranged in accordance with my invention. l

Fig. Z is a transverse vertical sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view ot the same.

ln the ,embodiment ot my invention I provide generating chamber l, which in practice is preferably a hollow casting and which is ot' oblong rectangular i'orm with its corners rounded. A fuel snpgply pipe 2 which leadsl from a suitable tank or other reservoir is connected 'to the front end of the generating chamber as at 3 and embodies a T t which is provided with.a controlling valve which is here'shown as a needle ,valve The generatingclhamber is provided in its rear end wall with a clean out opening 6 in which a closure plug is placed. On the bottomof the generating chamber, at a point ot is an upwardlyvextending transversely arranged bridge 8.

I also provide a burner chamber 9 which in practice is a casting and which is formed integrally with a generating pan- 10 the burner chamber being formed on the oottom Specication of Letters Patent.

near the rear end there-.

of the pan, spaced from the front end of the pan and extending to the rear end wall thereotv The sidewalls ot the generating pan are inclined and converge downwardly and are provided with a suitable number ot draft openings 11 ot suitable size.` The rear end wall of the burner chamber is provided with a clean out opening 12 which is closed by a plug 13. l I

The generating chamber is arranged above the burner chamber in spaced relation thereto and is connected to the burner chamber by .a vertically arranged pipe nipple 14 the upper end ot which is screwed in an opening in the bottom of the generating chamber `and the lower end of which is screwed in an opening in the upper side of the burner chamber. T he generating chamber is also vprovided with a supporting leg 15 which is bolted to one end wall ot the generating pan as at 16. On its upper side the burner chamber is provided with gas vent jets or nipples 17 which are directed upwardly and cause burning gas jets to be directed against the lower side ot the generating chamber to heat the latter and hence vaporize the crude oil which is fed to the generating chamber by the pipe 2.

The valve' serves to control the supply ot crude oil to the generating chamber and may be adjusted as desired and said valve is the only valve with which the burner is provided and enables 4.ne burner to be eX- tinguished at will it being necessary to complet-ely close said valve in order to cut ott' the supply of crude oil to the generating chamber. The bridge 8 serves to retain the crude oil in the generating chamber until the oil is entirely vaporized and hence nothing but vapor or gas passes from the generating chamber Vthrough the nipple 14 to the burner chamber.

To start the burner in operation the valve 5 `is opened sutlicicntly to cause the generating chamber to be supplied with crude oil and a. small quantity of crude oil or other liquid hydrocarbon is placed in the generating pan and ignited to initially heat the generating chamber. Then the burner has been once started in operating it will continue so to do as long as the valve 5 is kept open.

My improved crude oil burner is used in the lire-boi;- of aA cooking or heating stove or furnacethe pipe of which serves to carry ofi' any fumes from the burner and the dam generating chamber, a valve to regulate and pers of the stove may be utilized in controlcontrol the supply of fuel to the generating v chamber, a generatingI pan, a hollow body in hile I have herein shown and described the bottom of the Generating pan and con- 5 a preferred form of my invention I Would nected thereto and forming a burner Cham-o lave it understood that. changes may be ber,v said burner chamber being Iarranged made in the form, proportion and constuebelovv t e generating chamber and being tion of the several parts, Without departing provided with upwardly directed jet tips, `from the spirit of my invention and Within a pipe nipple connecting the generatin 1o the scope of the appended claims. chamber and the burner chamber, and a sup- 25 aving thus described my invention, what port for the generating chamber, arranged claim is:` at one end thereof and detaehably bolted to A burner of the class ydescribed compris- ,one end Wallof the generating pan ing a hollow body forming a generating In testimony vvhereofl affix my signature. 15 chamber, a fuel feed pipe connected to the JOHN ALBERTl HUDGENS. 

